1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update, breaking crime news. 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 2: Now, I'm Nicole Pardon. A man has been sentenced to 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 2: forty years in prison for the murder of his ex girlfriend, 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 2: a mother of three, in her Milford, Connecticut residence, while 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 2: two of her children were present during the sentencing hearing. 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: On Thursday, family members of Julie Minogue, including her sister, mother, 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 2: and eldest son Nicholas, shared their emotional testimonies for the 8 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 2: first time since the tragic event, looking the accused killer 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 2: in the eye, telling him he had changed everything. Allison 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 2: Minogue's sister looked Stephen DeWitt in the eye and was 11 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 2: the first to speak in court, saying, the evening of 12 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 2: December sixth, twenty twenty two will forever haunt our family. 13 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 2: I wish I could express the profound heartbreak we endure 14 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 2: every day. I often lie awake at night imagining my 15 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: sister's final moments, the unimaginable fear she must have felt. 16 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,319 Speaker 2: He robbed us of the chance to say goodbye to her. 17 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: He robbed us of the chance to say goodbye to 18 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 2: a sister, to a daughter, because he mutilated her before 19 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 2: we could even see her. Our lives have been irreversibly 20 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 2: changed because of you. You're a monster. Nicholas, Julie's eldest son, 21 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 2: delivered the third victim impact statement, saying you are a coward. 22 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 2: You took our mother's life. She was a strong, beautiful 23 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 2: woman who raised three boys alone. You are a hollow 24 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 2: excuse of a man. You are not a man in fact, 25 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 2: are you even human? I don't know, but may you 26 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 2: rot in hell. The final family member to speak was 27 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 2: Gerald Minogue, Julie's father, who had attended every court hearing 28 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 2: related to his daughter's case. He said, quote, while I 29 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 2: find some relief in the conclusion of these proceedings, I 30 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 2: will carry the burden of knowing the fear and pain 31 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 2: you have caused my daughter to endure. I will carry 32 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 2: that forever. You are a monster. May you rot in hell. 33 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 2: Dewit's attorney, Claude Chong, attempted to provide context for Dewit's actions, 34 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 2: citing a combination of alcohol, drug use, depression, and PTSD 35 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 2: as factors that led him to lose control just in 36 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 2: that moment, the attorney said. However, State Attorney's Margaret Kelly 37 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:15,399 Speaker 2: quickly countered, clarifying that DeWitt's actions were not impulsive, but premeditated, 38 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 2: which led to an outburst from the killer in the courtroom. 39 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: This was. 40 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 2: Cold, cold, calculated, well thought out to the extent that 41 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 2: we the uber. I understand what you may be going for. 42 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 2: I disaster, this is in orderly place. Outburst like that 43 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 2: from saying, I'm left with no other choice but to 44 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 2: ask you to remove you from the courtroom any great continued, 45 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 2: I'm not going to do that. The judge had to intervene, 46 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 2: reminding DeWitt of the courtrooms decorum. Mister DeWitt, I understand 47 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 2: what you're feeling, but this is an orderly environment. If 48 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 2: this continues, I will have you remove, the judge warned. 49 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 2: DeWitt responded with sarcasm. That'd be great, take me out 50 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 2: of here. The judge continued with the sentencing, urging DeWitt 51 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 2: to remain calm. Authorities reported that DeWitt killed forty year 52 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 2: old Juliet Minogue with an axe in her home in 53 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 2: December while her three children, a three year old, seventeen 54 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 2: year old, and fifteen year old were inside. Just days 55 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 2: before the murder, a restraining order had been placed against 56 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 2: a man in November, DeWitt had been arrested for a 57 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 2: suspected assault against Minogue, leading to a protective order. Following 58 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 2: a series of harassing text messages. Minogue was granted a 59 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 2: full no contact restraining order on December one. Tragically, just 60 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 2: five days later, she was found dead. DeWitt faced multiple charges, 61 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 2: including murder, risk of injury to a child, home invasion, 62 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: and violation of a protective order. He pleaded guilty to 63 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 2: two of the charges, resulting in a forty year sentence 64 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 2: for murder and a concurrent ten year sentence for the 65 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 2: risk of injury to a child or Crime and Justice 66 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 2: news After this, a woman from Slydale has been arrested 67 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 2: for allegedly aiding a fugitive who is still evading capture 68 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 2: following a significant jail break in New Orleans. This according 69 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 2: to the Louisiana State Police, Connie Wheden, fifty nine, was 70 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 2: arrested in Slydale and booked into the Saint Tammany Parish 71 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 2: Correctional Center on Thursday. She becomes the third person charged 72 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: with assisting inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center, 73 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:50,799 Speaker 2: joining several staff members already implicated in the crime. Weeden 74 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 2: faces a felony charge of being an accessory after the 75 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 2: fact for her alleged involvement with Jermaine Donald, one of 76 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 2: the five escapees still at large. Wheden was in communication 77 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 2: with Donald via both phone and text messages prior to 78 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 2: following the escape, stated LSP officials. Investigators found that she 79 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 2: sent him cash through a mobile payment app after the breakout. 80 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 2: Donald remains on the run alongside four other inmates who 81 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 2: escaped from the Justice Center on May sixteen. Authorities have 82 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 2: since recaptured five of the ten original escapees. Law enforcement 83 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 2: officials have issued a stern warning concerning the consequences for 84 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 2: aiding fugitives. Quote. Anyone who helps or hides these individuals 85 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 2: is breaking the law and will be prosecuted, said state police. 86 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 2: Harboring fugitives in dangers community safety and will not be accepted. 87 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 2: According to Louisiana law, being convicted of accessory after the 88 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 2: fact can result in a prison sentence of up to 89 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 2: five years and a fine of up to five hundred 90 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: thousand dollars or both. On Wednesday, the LSP reported the 91 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 2: arrest of thirty two year old Courtney Harris and thirty 92 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 2: eight year old Corvanta Baptiste, both charged with felonies for 93 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 2: being accessories after the fact they were booked and incarcerated, 94 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 2: officials confirmed earlier on Thursday, the Orleans Parish District Attorney 95 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 2: issued subpoenas to Sheriff Susan Hudson and other staff members 96 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 2: from the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office as part of the 97 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 2: ongoing investigation into the escape. The subpoenas demanded access to emails, 98 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 2: text messages, and internal communications involving Hudson and OPSO personnel, 99 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 2: including messages to Sterling Williams, a jail maintenance worker arrested 100 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 2: in connection with the jail break. Williams, thirty three, is 101 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 2: accused of disabling a toilet to facilitate the inmates escape. 102 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 2: The inmates, including three charged with second degree murder, managed 103 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 2: to break free after removing the toilet from its mounts. 104 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 2: In connection with the investigation, four other employees have been suspended. 105 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: How could a beautiful, young first grade time teacher be 106 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: stabbed twenty times, including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes, 107 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: that was the medical examiner's official ruling after a closed 108 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: door meeting. He first named it a homicide. Why what 109 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: happened to Ellen Greenberg? A huge American miscarriage? 110 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 3: Of Justice. For an in depth look at the facts, 111 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 3: See what Happened to Ellen on Amazon. All proceeds to 112 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 3: the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 113 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 2: For the latest crime in justice news, follow Crime Alert 114 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 2: hourly update on your favorite podcasting app with this crime Alert. 115 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 2: I'm Nicol Parton.